After Juneteenth

Plus: how police-union power helped increase abuses, the history of the “riot” report, and photos of the faces of protesters in New York. View in browser | Update your preferences Dispatch An Energized Juneteenth Celebration, In Tulsa, Focusses on Change, Not Trump On this day, Greenwood, the site of the Tulsa Massacre, in 1921, felt alive, important, and participatory rather than ignored. By Victor Luckerson News Desk After Juneteenth What’s ahead for the movement, the election, and the protesters? By David Remnick News Desk How Police-Union Power Helped Increase Abuses Some labor leaders are pushing to expel police unions if they don’t reform. By Steven Greenhouse American Chronicles The History of the “Riot” Report How government commissions became alibis for inaction. By Jill Lepore Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Books & Fiction Newsletter Book recommendations, fiction, poetry, and dispatches from the world of literature, twice a week. Fiction “Grief” “Yes, there were massacres, but there were always massacres in Africa.” By Scholastique Mukasonga Culture Photo Booth The Faces of Those Marching for Racial Justice in New York Al J. Thompson’s portraits from Black Lives Matter marches in New York telegraph unity and a common sense of resolve. By Rachel Riederer Books Revisiting the Malignant Idea of “Race Science” The study of Nazis still offers moral instruction on how evil arises. By Adam Gopnik Humor and More Daily Cartoon Daily Cartoon “Whoa! This Trump rally is really packed!” By Tim Hamilton Crossword The Crossword Affectionate greetings in the coronavirus age: nine letters. By Robyn Weintraub This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To insure delivery, we recommend adding newyorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your contacts, while noting that it is a no-reply address. Please send all newsletter feedback to tnyinbox@newyorker.com. For more from The New Yorker, sign up for our newsletters, shop the store, and sign in to newyorker.com, where subscribers always have unlimited access. Contact us with questions. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.